Fastener for dress-shields.



No. 782,097. PATENTED FEB. 7, 1905. N. F. ANDERSON.

FASTENER FOR DRESS SHIELDS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 24, 1904.

Inventor Witnesses -MX50H F 3 1; Q MAL Attorney UNTTED STATES Patented February '7, 1905.

PATENT FFICE.

FASTENER FOR DRESS-SHlELDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,097, dated February 7, 1905.

Application filed March 24,1904. Serial No. 199,842.

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Be it known that I, NELSON F. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Dress-Shields; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in fastening devices for securing perspirationshields in the sleeves or armholes of ladies waists and for various other purposes.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive device of this character by means of which the shield may easily and quickly be secured in a dress without the necessity of sewing it in place and which may be readily unfast-ened to remove the shield when it is desired to replace the same.

\Yith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the inside of a ladys body-waist, showing a perspiration-shield secured in the armhole or sleeve with my improved fastening devices. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through one of the fastening devices, showing the manner in which they are used. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one side of the fastener before it is applied. Fig. l is a similar view of its opposite side. Fig. is a transverse section taken on the line t 4 of Fig. i.

heferring to the drawings by numeral, 1 de notes a ladys body-waist, 2 its sleeve or armhole seam, and 3 its side seam.

4: denotes the usual form of perspirationshield consisting of two concavo-eonvex portions fitted to the armhole of the waist, with one portion upon the inside of the sleeve and the other upon the inside of the body portion of the waist. The shield is held in position by being attached to the scams 2 and 3 by means of my improved fastening devices 5, as shown in Fig. 1.

The fasteners 5 are preferably stamped or cut from a single piece of sheet metal having pliable non-resilientqualities. Each consists of a plate or body portion having two circular end portions 6 and 'T united by a neck or connecting portion 8, which when the fastener is applied, as seen in Figm 2, is bent to bring the two end portions together. The end portion 6 has stamped up from its center a right-angularly-projecting prong 9, which when the fastener is bent upon itself, as shown in Fig. 2, is adapted to project through an opening 10 in the end portion 7. Said end portion 7 has a central depression 11 at its extreme end,adapted to receive the end of the prong 9 when it is bentdown, as at 12 in Fig. 2, to hold the fastener in its bent or clenched position. Each of the side edges of the end portion 7 is bent downwardly or inwardly to form biting-teeth 13 to more firmly engage the fabric of the dress or shield.

The use and ad vantages of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. .It will be seen that when the shield has been properly placed in the garment one or more of my improved fasteners are used to secure it in position. This is done by passing the prongs of the fasteners through the scams or lining of the garment and through the shield near its edge, then bending the fastener upon itself, so that the prong 9 projects through the opening 10. After the ends are lirmly clenched upon the fabric the end of the prong is bentdown into the depression .11 provided for it. It is thus seen that the device may be quickly and easily applied and removed, and that it is simple, strong, and durable, and may be manufactured at a very small cost.

\Vhile I have shown and described the fastener as used for securing a shield in a dress, it will be understood that the device may be used for various other purposes --such, for instance, as securing togcther sheets of paper, cloth, or the like.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

ing bent upward to form teeth, an upwardlyprojecting prong struck out from the opposite end portion of the plate and adapted to pass through the said opening and be bent over into the said depression, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

NELSON F. ANDERSON: Witnesses:

F. M. STAPLns, O. P. LOOKHART. 

